Early Life
Taylor was the son of a barber. He was baptized on 15 August 1613. His father was educated and taught Jeremy grammar and mathematics. He was then educated at the Perse School, Cambridge, before going on to Gonville and Caius College, at Cambridge, where he graduated in 1626.
The best evidence of his diligence as a student is the enormous learning of which he showed so easy a command in later years. In 1633, although still below the canonical age, he took holy orders, and accepted the invitation of Thomas Risden, a former fellow-student, to supply his place for a short time as lecturer in St Paul's.
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